The Deeper Meanings of Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown Essay -- Young

The Deeper Meanings of newfangled Goodman chocolate-brownYoung Goodman brownish, a story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, should be see on a psychoanalytical level rather than a ghostlike one. It is my observation that Young Goodman Brown may very well be the first published work alluding to divisions of the mind and personality theory. Although religion is a direct theme through break through the story, Young Goodman Brown appears to be an fable with deeper meanings. To explore properly my position concerning the dynamics of Young Goodman Brown, it is necessary to visualize Freuds structural model. The development of Freuds structural model presents an understanding of the struggles between the informed and un certain forces of the mind. The structural model indicates three powerful forces that dictate conscious behavior, or binders of reality. These three forces consist of the id, superego, and ego. When Young Goodman Brown begins his journey pass the path of the haunted fo rest, he quickly meets a fellow- traveller that I be as the irrational guide lurking inside himself. The guide repeatedly urges Goodman Brown to continue the errand despite Browns overwhelming reluctance he assures him that We are tho a little manner in the forest yet (Hawthorne 274). The traveler demonstrates a subconscious part of the psyche called the id. The id is that part of the psyche that is dictated by pleasure and irrational wishing. The guides insistence never seems to be in Browns best interest. The travelers motive was to do what feels good at the time, not position into account any potential ramification that could result, which in this story turns out to be the loss of Goodman Browns wife, Faith. His reckless behavior is ap... ...ind may be order within Hawthornes story. If the reader will only look past its actual interpretation and explore the rich symbols and hidden meanings laden throughout the text, she or he will be rewarded with a work of fiction that was way before its time. Works Cited Carpenter, Richard. Hawthornes Polar Explorations Young Goodman Brown and My Kinsman, Major Molineux. nineteenth Century Fiction 24 (1969) 45-56. Gay, Peter. Freud A Life for Our Time. New York Doubleday, 1989. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Young Goodman Brown. books Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 4th ed. Boston McGraw & Hill, 1998. 272-280. Hurley, Paul. Young Goodman Browns Heart of Darkness. American Literature 37 (1966) 410-419. Paulits, Walter. Ambivalence in Young Goodman Brown. American Literature 41 (1970) 577-584.